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FEBRUARY 3, 1912. Mist and rain made the conditions anything but cheerful on Thursday, but Lieut. Barrington-Kennett was out early in the morning on a Bristol biplane, and Lieuts. Conner and Fox also put in some good scouting practice. Lieut. Barrington-Kennett also opened the ball on Saturday, first taking his Nieuport monoplane out, and then the Bristol biplane. Capt. Fulton, Lieuts. Conner, Fox, and Manisty were also flying well on biplanes. On Sunday morning a Bristol two-seater monoplane was put through some tests, having to climb 1,000 ft. in five minutes, and 2,000 ft. in twelve minutes, which proved an easy task with the machine, with M. Prier at the helm, accompanied by Lieut. Manisty as passenger. Lieut. Barrington-Kennett had his Nicuport machine out for a practice flight. On Monday morning, Capt. Fulton had brought out the Bristol monoplane again, and M. Frier, with Lieut. Manisty on board, got the machine off the ground in 85 yards, quickly rising to a height of 2,000 ft. He planed down, but unfortunately in landing a skid was broken. The machine behaved splendidly in the air, and was very fast. Lieut. Barrington-Kennett, with Lieut. Hynes as passenger, set off to fly for the Mortimer Singer prize on his Nieuport monoplane. Although the weather was misty and very cold a very fine performance was made, 110 miles being covered on a 10 mile course in 2h. 2m. 50s., the late Lieut. Cammell's record being beaten by 10 miles. The flight could have been continued but for the treacherous winds which rendered it advisable to come down. Capt. Fulton and the other officers put in some useful scouting practice over the plains, and Lieut. Conner did some rolling on the Bleriot two-seater. Lieut. Fox, Lieut. Barrington-Kennett, and Lieut. Manisty were all out on Tuesday morning, but the two last-mentioned officers had some trouble with refractory engines. Capt. Fulton was out on his Deperdussin mono plane, and Lieut. Conner was up on the Bristol. Bristol School.—On Monday, last week, five pupils were in forming solos, these being Lieut. Murray, who made six flights in final preparation for his brevet tests, Lieut. Brodigan, who was up three times, Lieut. Ashton twice, Mr. Smith-Barry (an ex-pupil) ® ® Aeronautical Society. First Associate Fellows. THE following is the result, in alphabetical order, of the first ballot for Associate Fellowship of the Aeronautical Society :— * * W. O. Manning. [/QCHf] H. Barber. Griffith Brewer. Capt. A. U. Carden. T. W. K. Clarke. J. W. Dunne. R. L. Howard Flanders. Prof. A. K. Huntington. Leo Jezzi. J. H. Ledeboer. Archibald R. Low. Mervyn O'Gorman. Alex Ogilvie. F. Handley Page. Prof. J. E. Petaver, F.R.S. Horace L. Short. Capt. M. S. Sueter, R.N. Lieut. N. S. Usborne, R.N. Lieut. C. M. Waterlow, R.E. E. T. Willows. How '* Flight" Travels. SOME idea may be gained of the estimation in which FLIGHT is held by those who take intelligent interest in its pages by the following extract, one of hundreds which reach us almost daily, from a communication to hand from a prominent business man in New York when renewing his subscription. He writes :— " It may interest you to know that the copies which you send me are re-mailed to a friend on the Pacific Coast, with whom I collaborated at one time in aeronautical ex periments, and that they are sent by him to the Stevens Institute of Technology for their reference library, as he is a graduate of that institu tion. This makes the total distance travelled for each copy of FLIGHT about 11,000 miles—from England to New York, out to Cali fornia, and back across the continent again to New Jer sey. Let me again assure you of the interest with which I look forward each week to the receipt of your valued publication." All's Well that [Ends Well. ACCORDING to a cable rom New York, the Aero Club of America has de- twice, and Bendall four times. Jullerot made four flights, and Fleming two, on one of which he took Lieut. Ashton as passenger. Next day, Fleming made one flight, but weather was too bad for further work, and the day was profitably employed in the sheds. Fleming made a trial on Wednesday, afterwards taking Mr. McLeod (an Australian visitor) and Mr. Roger Harrison successively as passengers. Lieut. Murray made two flights, and afterwards satisfactorily passed the tests for his bretet, observed by Lieut. Hynes and Lieut. Conner. Jullerot flew with Capt. Gilbert, of the lialian Army, to Shrewston on a biplane, and then took Mr. Roger Harrison for his initial lessons. Capt. Gilbert did two good flights on biplane No. 66, after which Instructor Harrison gave Mr. Kogei Harrison another lesson, and Bendall finished the day's work with a solo. Rain and wind prevented work all the morning on Thursday, but at 2 p.m. Fleming made a trial and found things satisfactory. Jullerot took up Mr. Roger Harrison, and Capt. Gilbert did another good flight. Randall made one solo, and Prier put up a fine flight on a new military monoplane. A high wind on Friday prevented much flying, and Jullerot, who took Lieut. Roger Harrison for a passenger flight, deemed it wise to suspend the day's work. Prier, however, impervious to the elements, took out the new War Office machine for trial, and made an excellent flight of considerable duration. The weather being fine on Sunday, the opportunity to put in a hard day's work was taken, and the pupils entered into thtir work with a zest, rivalled only in keenness by the winter air. Jullerot took Lieut. Roger Harrison for tuition, and then this pupil taking the controls made an excellent flight. Hotchkiss then took up Herbert Thomas, and Dacre, an old pupil, made a solo, and showed that he had not forgotten how to fly. Lieut. Ashton and Capt. Gilbert then made three solos. Prier made several trials on the War Office machine and reached 1,000 ft. in 5 mins. ; 2,000 ft. in II mins ; and 3,000 ft. in 18 mins., the whole flight being of an hour's duration. ® ® cided to pay the sum of ,£2,000, being the Statue of Lil>erty prize, to Mr. Claude Grahame-White upon his producing a document from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale authorising them to do so. An Irish Lake for Hydro-aeroplanes. MRS. LILIAN E. BLAND, apropos of the unseemly Windermere hubbub, writes as follows : " By the way, if hydro-aeroplanes are not allowed on English lakes, I would suggest Loch Neagh as the finest sheet of water anyone could have for the purpose ; the lake is 30 miles long, and there are very few Ixiats on it." Wire for Aeroplanes. MESSRS. W. N. BRUNTON AND SON, of Musselburgh, Scotland, make a speciality of wires for use in connection with aeroplane and dirigible work. They publish a useful little catalogue which, besides giving full particulars of their products, contains a quantity of information on the subject of strength of wires. Messrs. Brunton and Son will be pleased to send a copy to any of our readers who requires one. r ^ 1 FMGHT. . .. • &•-• rf • M jBl ^ ™ ~ W " §1 ' i i M. B. Passat and his monoplane * Sea-gull," which was tried at Brooklands last summer, and since then, owin? to engine trouble, experiments have been delayed. He expects to take the machine to Brooklands again soon to resume his attempts at flight. The wings can be closed in five minutes ready for transit. M. Passat's ambition Is to bring out a machine which will hover for long distances with the engine stopped. 109
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